Published Works

Originally printed in Good Bird Magazine, Fall of 2008 Mercy came into our lives as quickly as she left. A red tailed grey sixteen years young, she was displaced for the second time in her life when we got the […]

Originally published in Pet Gazette, March/April 2016
Pet birds are an increasingly popular household pet in the United States. In fact, statistically, they fall just behind dogs and cats. When most hear …

Originally published in Pet Gazette, January/February 2015
People who aren’t “bird people” just don’t get it. To outsiders, birds are just animals that scream, fling food, poop, and generally create a …

Originally published in Pet Gazette, July/August 2014
Birds can be extremely time consuming pets. Cleaning up the constant barrage of molted feathers, feather dander, and misplaced poop; and preparing, cooking, and …